PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to study model(s) of acquiring e‐books to support: effective support of learning and teaching; and efficient use of collection budget.Design/methodology/approachThe research was based on: five years of usage data from two e‐book packages: Net Library and Safari; two methods of acquisition: NetLibrary was a one‐time purchase; Safari was purchased on a subscription; usage difference or lack of difference over time between packages; and controlled for content subjects in both packages.FindingsThe research found that: Safari (with updates) showed increased usage over time; NetLibrary (without updates) showed generally declining usage over time; and controlling NetLibrary subject content showed that usage in the science and technology area declined noticeably over the years; while education, history, social sciences, literature and language usage decline was steady.Research limitations/implicationsTitle counts in both packages were similar; however, after isolating for matching subject areas the numbers of titles in NetLibrary were small. Therefore, one or two titles in a small population may have skewed the pattern, making the results less accurate.Practical implicationsUnderstanding whether and in which subject areas students and faculty use e‐books means effective selection decision and good use of shrinking budgets.Originality/valueUsage data over five years provided evidence on which to base subscription/purchase decisions to effectively support learning and teaching and use collection funds wisely. Analyzing the usage figures will inform selection of e‐books to support learning and teaching.
Purpose -This paper seeks to report a data-driven assessment of student and faculty use of electronic scholarly resources pre-and post-implementation of an open-URL link resolver. Design/methodology/approach -Usage data were extracted from two multidisciplinary scholarly aggregators pre-and post-implementation of an open-URL link resolver. Open-URL link resolver usage data for both aggregators were also collected and two timelines established. Statistical analysis was performed to assess direct and indirect impact. Findings -Study results show that the implementation of an open-URL link resolver has directly contributed to usage increase in the short and long periods under study. Usage patterns also indicate the technology has indirect impact. Research implications/limitations -Limitations include one-semester limits of short-term data. Non-standardized data could be compared only within each aggregator. Practical implications -Research outcomes provide a tool for the assessment of student/faculty use of electronic scholarly resources and Collections and Catalog librarian participation in teaching and learning. Usage data are increasingly available to librarians, so work based on research findings can be assessed. Originality/value -This paper reports student/faculty usage data of searching activities, not their perceptions of electronic resources. Usage data demonstrate that librarians who select and provide access to electronic resources positively affect teaching and learning.
On a small reservation in rural San Diego County, tribal elders, progressive administrators, university librarians, and technical advisors have forged a collaborative partnership to preserve the Luiseiio cultural heritage. In the 1970s, Luiseiio elders and volunteers secured a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to fund a project involving the gathering of secondary information on Luiseiio artifacts and information from a variety of museums, libraries, and private collections. Following up on the creation of the Luiseiio Culture Bank, university librarians from California State University, San Marcos, are now engaged in a project that eventually will mount this "bank" onto a Hypercard database.The San Luiseiio Band of Mission Indians derive their name from their association with Mission San Luis Rey in northern San Diego County.' Established in 1798 by Franciscan fathers, Mission San Luis Rey is known as the "king of the missions." However, the treatment of the native peoples by Spanish missionaries was anything but royal. Contact between native peoples and Europeans had a devastating effect on the social, cultural, and economic life of the Indians. Within sixty-five years of the arrival of Juniper0 Serra in 1769, the population of California Indians was reduced by
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